In the apparent race among Formula 1 teams for the best new entry presentation miser, Williams is the clear leader so far. Not only did they seemingly not employ a professional photographer who left a hand truck in the background but they did not even bother to fly in their main drivers to the presentation leaving only tester Nico Hulkenberg to do photo duty. Perhaps Nico Rosberg was busy with Williams' other product launch... The FW31 is apparently the only car so far to employ a "Flywheel" style KERS rather than electrical motors and batteries.
Also at the Portimaio circuit in Portugal today was Renault who unveiled their R29. Perhaps the homeliest of the 2009 cars revealed so far, it has as its main characteristic a bulbous nose cone and what is so far the only leftover "shark fin" engine cover. The new paint job completely devoid of blue will certainly get some flack from fans.BMW will show their contender tomorrow and Red Bull an February 5th. the dates for the remaining two teams Force India and Toro Rosso have not yet been made know.
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